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Paramus School Bus Driver's Parole Possible At Anniversary Of Horrific Crash That Killed Two Paramus School Bus Driver's Parole Possible At Anniversary Of Horrific Crash That Killed Two
Paramus School Bus Driver's Parole Possible At Anniversary Of Horrific Crash That Killed Two A former Paramus school bus driver who caused a collision on Route 80 that killed a 10-year-old student and one of her teachers is up for parole in a few weeks -- just two days after the sixth anniversary of the horrific crash. Hudy Muldrow, now 83, was taking 40 East Brook Middle School fifth graders and a small group of adults on a field trip to Waterloo Village on May 17, 2018 when he got lost and tried to make an illegal U-turn on the busy interstate in Mount Olive. A dump truck slammed into the bus, killing young Miranda Vargas and teacher Jennifer M. Williamson, 51. Dozens more were…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus district officials immediately reached out to parents after learning that a judge ordered New Jersey State Police to release a traffic camera video of a May bus crash that killed a borough middle school student and one of her teachers. Daily Voice won't be publishing the video out of concern for its readers. Gannett Co., the parent company of NorthJersey.com., sued for access to the video -- recorded by a state Department of Transportation traffic camera -- after State Police refused. In a message to readers on Friday, Gannett wrote: "Our reasons were twofold: As journalists, we m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations
Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations Paramus Schools Supt. Michele Robinson insisted the district wasn't aware that the school bus driver involved in a crash that killed a middle school student and teacher last month had an extensive history of violations behind the wheel. She also demanded that North Jersey Media Group publish a correction to “blatantly inaccurate” reporting. “As I have said repeatedly, we do not have any information from the state that [Hudy] Muldrow [Sr.] had any moving violations,” Robinson wrote in a letter to parents. “The driving abstract provided to us by the Motor Vehicle Commission did not reflect t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver In Fatal Paramus School Bus Crash Charged With Death By Auto Driver In Fatal Paramus School Bus Crash Charged With Death By Auto
Driver In Fatal Paramus School Bus Crash Charged With Death By Auto Authorities have filed death-by-auto charges against the 77-year-old school bus driver in a Route 80 crash that killed a Paramus middle school student and one of her teachers last week. If convicted of the two vehicular homicide counts, Hudy Muldrow Sr. of Woodland Park could face five to 10 years in state prison, 85% of which he’d have to serve before being eligible for parole. A detention hearing was scheduled for Friday in Morristown for Muldrow, who, records show, has been cited for speeding eight times and had his driver’s license suspended several others. Muldrow was transporting 44 …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash
Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash UPDATE: A young female student and a beloved teacher were confirmed dead Thursday morning after a school bus filled with Paramus fifth-graders collided with a dump truck on Route 80 in Morris County. A total of 38 students and seven adults, including the driver, were taken to area hospitals, authorities said. Some were in critical condition and undergoing surgery, they said. The teacher, 51-year-old Jennifer M. Williamson, was a longtime Paramus native who taught in the district for nearly 20 years. "That was my daughter's best-ever teacher," a mother of an unharmed student said…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash UPDATE: Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash
Update: Paramus Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Route 80 School Bus Crash UPDATE: A young female student and a beloved teacher were confirmed dead Thursday morning after a school bus filled with Paramus fifth-graders collided with a dump truck on Route 80 in Morris County. A total of 38 students and seven adults, including the driver, were taken to area hospitals, authorities said. Some were in critical condition and undergoing surgery, they said. The teacher, 51-year-old Jennifer M. Williamson, was a longtime Paramus native who taught in the district for nearly 20 years. "That was my daughter's best-ever teacher," a mother of an unharmed student said…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine